| $Id: RELEASE-NOTES.txt,v 1.10 2003/04/25 09:26:45 rdonkin Exp $ |
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| Commons Digester Package |
| Version 1.5 |
| Release Notes |
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| INTRODUCTION: |
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| This is an important maintenance release. The Digester 1.4.x releases were not fully backwards |
| compatible with previous Digester releases. This release fixes the reported incompatibilities. |
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| NEW FEATURES: |
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| Improved Java Docs |
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| CallMethodRule Can Take Parameter From Stack |
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| CallParamRule can now use an object from the main Digester stack as one of the parameters for a |
| CallMethodRule. This allows an object to be created (in the usual way) and then passed into a |
| method call taking more than one parameter. |
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| Digester Document Locator Getter |
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| Added property getter for the SAX Locator associated with the document being processed. |
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| ExtendedBaseRules Ancestor Tail Matching |
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| Extended pattern matching language by adding ancestor tail matching. This is response to enhancement |
| request #16350. |
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| FactoryCreateRule No-Exception-Propagation Option |
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| Added support for non-propagation of exceptions. This will (when the correct options are set) allow |
| a digestion to continue when an object creation has failed. |
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| RegexRules |
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| This is a new Rules implementation. It allows a regular expression language (such as Jakarta-ORO or |
| Jakarta-Regexp) to be used for pattern matching. An adapter interface allows the language of choice |
| to be plugged in. A simple regex implementation is provided. |
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| RSS Classes Now Serializable |
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| The (object model) classes in org.apache.commons.digester.rss have now been made serializable. Though |
| they were intended to be used as a worked example, some people have found them useful and wish to use |
| them in situations where serialization is required. |
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| Improvement In Xml Rules |
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| Added support for specifying a BeanPropertySetterRule when using XML Rules. This is enhancement #16785. |
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| Added support for call-param from stack to xml rules. Enhancement requested as bug #16413 |
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| BUG REPORTS ADDRESSED: |
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| Outstanding Reports: |
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| #12997 Call the method as soon as the last parameter is encountered |
| #13098 Digester Performance |
| #3893 Multiple element body parts problem |
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| DEPRECATION: |
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